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Proverbs 23:20

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine, [Or] with gluttonous eaters of meat;
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Be not among wine-bibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Do not be among them who tipple with wine,—among them who are gluttons;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Be not in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in their revellings, who contribute flesh to eat:
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Keepe not company with drunkards, nor with gluttons.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Be not amongst wine-bibbers; amongst riotous eaters of flesh.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Be not drunk with wine; and be not a gluttonous eater of meat:
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Be not a wine-bibber, neither continue long at feasts, and purchases of flesh:
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Be x1961
(1961) Complement
הָיָה
hayah
{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
not x408
(0408) Complement
אַל
'al
{al}
A negative particle (akin to H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing.
among winebibbers; 3196
{3196} Prime
יַיִן
yayin
{yah'-yin}
From an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine (as fermented); by implication intoxication.
5433
{5433} Prime
סָבָא
caba'
{saw-baw'}
A primitive root; to quaff to satiety, that is, become tipsy.
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
among riotous eaters 2151
{2151} Prime
זָלַל
zalal
{zaw-lal'}
A primitive root (compare H2107); to shake (as in the wind), that is, to quake; figuratively to be loose morally, worthless or prodigal.
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
of flesh: 1320
{1320} Prime
בָּשָׂר
basar
{baw-sawr'}
From H1319; flesh (from its freshness); by extension body, person; also (by euphemism) the pudenda of a man.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 23:19-21.


Proverbs 23:20

_ _ riotous ... flesh — prodigal, or eating more than necessary. Instead of “their flesh” (compare Margin), better, “flesh to them,” that is, used for pleasure.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 23:19-28.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
not:

Proverbs 23:29-35 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? ... They have stricken me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not sick; they have beaten me, [and] I felt [it] not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Proverbs 20:1 Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Proverbs 28:7 Whoso keepeth the law [is] a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous [men] shameth his father.
Proverbs 31:6-7 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. ... Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
Isaiah 5:11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, [till] wine inflame them!
Isaiah 5:22 Woe unto [them that are] mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
Isaiah 22:13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
Matthew 24:49 And shall begin to smite [his] fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
Luke 15:13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
Luke 16:19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Luke 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares.
Romans 13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Ephesians 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
1 Peter 4:3-4 For the time past of [our] life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: ... Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of [you]:

flesh:
Heb. their flesh
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Pv 20:1; 23:29; 28:7; 31:6. Is 5:11, 22; 22:13. Mt 24:49. Lk 15:13; 16:19; 21:34. Ro 13:13. Ep 5:18. 1P 4:3.

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